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How's the internet there? I'd imagine that would be a significant barrier to productivity.

0xbear 9y ago
To boost productivity, wouldn't you want the internet to be really bad most of the time? Like "only good enough to read textual docs and ssh into AWS" bad.
- nowarninglabel 9y ago
  Well, depends on what you do. Sure, it can be nice to be offline for some coding, but most work these days, even predominantly coding work, is a team affair and requires communication to work well. Further, being able to get quick access to docs, tickets, etc. is quite useful. But also, if one is responsible for the functioning of significant amounts of infrastructure, then it's not so great to have to worry about internet flaking out in the middle of working through production issues. But yeah if you were working on something solo, then bad internet wouldn't matter as much.
- throwawayus98 9y ago
  Are you fucking retarded?
- skinnymuch 9y ago
  People do different work and different things. Some people probably also get reinvogorated after watching HD video streams as a break. Personally, I prefer fast internet and blocking sites via hosts file, extension, or an app. But I lack a certain amount of self discipline. I doubt being without fast internet for long periods of times and not wasting because of that outweighs having slow internet after the initial change of pace.
pryelluw 9y ago
Its good and reliable. I pay $65/month for 20Megs. Been working remotely for about 5 years and no major issues.
TheAceOfHearts 9y ago
Something nice about internet in PR is that its constitution explicitly prohibits wire-tapping, although I don't know if it has been challenged in court. For consumers, there's gigabit internet (both upload and download) without any data caps for $70/mo [0] in part of the metropolitan area. They appears to have commercial offerings [1], but no pricing info is available. I found this blog post [2] from 2015 claiming that getting internet speeds adequate for streaming a large event can range between $1500 and $3000. [0] http://optico.criticalhub.com/plans http://optico.criticalhub.com/plans [1] http://www.criticalhub.com http://www.criticalhub.com [2] https://medium.com/@lherrero/como-el-oligopolio-del-internet-en-puerto-rico-afecta-mi-negocio-y-el-tuyo-13397d5f5700 https://medium.com/@lherrero/como-el-oligopolio-del-internet...
Raptor22 9y ago
It's actually not that bad. Before I left the Island last year, I had 100MB down / 25MB up in my house. YMMV, but I wasn't even in the metro area, which I imagine has even faster speeds.
FlopV 9y ago
I've worked in fajardo and had no issues with internet. I'm in the USVI, in St. Thomas, and despite a very unreliable power gird, I've no serious issues working as most spots have a generator. There is almost no tech scene here but the tax advantages are serious! Some financial companies take advantage of it, but I don't know of anything in tech. It's an awesome spot for working remotely if you're into the water.

To boost productivity, wouldn't you want the internet to be really bad most of the time? Like "only good enough to read textual docs and ssh into AWS" bad.

nowarninglabel 9y ago
Well, depends on what you do. Sure, it can be nice to be offline for some coding, but most work these days, even predominantly coding work, is a team affair and requires communication to work well. Further, being able to get quick access to docs, tickets, etc. is quite useful. But also, if one is responsible for the functioning of significant amounts of infrastructure, then it's not so great to have to worry about internet flaking out in the middle of working through production issues. But yeah if you were working on something solo, then bad internet wouldn't matter as much.
throwawayus98 9y ago
Are you fucking retarded?
skinnymuch 9y ago
People do different work and different things. Some people probably also get reinvogorated after watching HD video streams as a break. Personally, I prefer fast internet and blocking sites via hosts file, extension, or an app. But I lack a certain amount of self discipline. I doubt being without fast internet for long periods of times and not wasting because of that outweighs having slow internet after the initial change of pace.

pryelluw 9y ago

Its good and reliable. I pay $65/month for 20Megs. Been working remotely for about 5 years and no major issues.

TheAceOfHearts 9y ago

Something nice about internet in PR is that its constitution explicitly prohibits wire-tapping, although I don't know if it has been challenged in court. For consumers, there's gigabit internet (both upload and download) without any data caps for $70/mo [0] in part of the metropolitan area. They appears to have commercial offerings [1], but no pricing info is available. I found this blog post [2] from 2015 claiming that getting internet speeds adequate for streaming a large event can range between $1500 and $3000. [0] http://optico.criticalhub.com/plans http://optico.criticalhub.com/plans [1] http://www.criticalhub.com http://www.criticalhub.com [2] https://medium.com/@lherrero/como-el-oligopolio-del-internet-en-puerto-rico-afecta-mi-negocio-y-el-tuyo-13397d5f5700 https://medium.com/@lherrero/como-el-oligopolio-del-internet...

Raptor22 9y ago

It's actually not that bad. Before I left the Island last year, I had 100MB down / 25MB up in my house. YMMV, but I wasn't even in the metro area, which I imagine has even faster speeds.

FlopV 9y ago

I've worked in fajardo and had no issues with internet. I'm in the USVI, in St. Thomas, and despite a very unreliable power gird, I've no serious issues working as most spots have a generator. There is almost no tech scene here but the tax advantages are serious! Some financial companies take advantage of it, but I don't know of anything in tech. It's an awesome spot for working remotely if you're into the water.